Les Miserables; With Illustrations from Designs by De Neuville, Bayard, Morin, Valnay, and Other Eminent French Artists

Leather

2008·London

by Hugo, Victor; Denny, Norman (Translator and Introduction)

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. No. 487 of 1750 copies, quarto size, 1128 pp. A fine production of French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo's (1802-1885) masterpiece, a historical novel first published in 1862; "Les Miserables" is considered the greatest novel of the nineteenth-century, and is here given beautiful new trappings, and a choice selection of illustrations. Along with the novel is a copy of the essay "The Divine Stenographer: Truth and Narration in Les Miserables" by Mario Vargas Llosa, presented in a separate chapbook by the publisher. ___DESCRIPTION: Original blue morocco with gilt and red abstract illustrations to the front board, backstrip lettered in gilt, with similar abstract illustration stamped in red and white, top edge gilt, red silk ribbon marker, red patterned endpapers, twenty-five full-page illustrations including the frontispiece; Garamond type, Cordier Wove paper, quarto size (10" by 6.5"), pagination: [i-vi] vii-xvii [1-2] 3-1101, one of 1750 copies, this number 487. Together with a stitched chapbook, red paper wrappers with title label to upper wrapper, octavo size (9.75" by 6.25"), pagination: [1-2] 3-17. Both are housed in the publisher's blue cloth clamshell box, with title lettered in gilt on the backstrip, lined with red paper. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine, with clean boards, straight corners with no rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; overall, a fine copy; like new. The companion chapbook is also fine, clean and without wear; the clamshell box is fine, strong and sturdy, clean and without wear. ___POSTAGE: Due to the weight of this volume, additional postage will apply. We are happy to ship at cost for both domestic and international customers; please contact us for more details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
(Inventory #: CNJL588)

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